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Boppa

05/14/2009 10:08AM
Congrats to you, thecanoeman, a great picture among many fine entries.
Boppa

adam

05/13/2009 08:47PM

The winner of the April photo contest goes to thecanoeman. The winner of the April trip report contest goes to UncleMoose. Congratulations to the winners and thank you everyone for entering such great photos!

05/01/2009 01:08PM
Not a part of the contest, but in case anyone is interested by the process of a dragonfly going from nymph to final version: Dragonfly Metamorphosis

I was lucky enough to be sitting right there when the nymph crawled out of the water (on the southern island of Thursday Bay on Crooked Lake, July 2008) -- the whole process took about three hours (and I took over 200 photos)...these are the 33 shots I liked the best...

mjmkjun

05/01/2009 05:02AM
Such outstanding photos. How in the world does one decide on which is best one is beyond me. It is beyond my abilities.

04/17/2009 05:48PM
Well, I have to disagree with you guys. It's pretty obvious that it was shaped. But I'll tell anyone who asks that it's just a cool rock I found.

Bannock

04/17/2009 08:53AM
These aren't probably eligible. Neither are inside the BW but I like the "Tortise and the Hare" theme of it. :) The first pic was taken at the Kawishiwi Lake Camp Ground and pic#2 was at the Fenske Lake Camp Ground. Both taken on the day prior to a BWCA trip.

moose plums

04/16/2009 04:36PM
I agree Tom T, I have several spear points and arrow heads and they don't look anything like that. typically that stuff was made of flint. I think the shape of your rock is coincidental.

Georgiaboy

04/16/2009 08:19AM
I hate to burst you bubble Tom T but you picked up a nice rock. It doesn't mean that someone might not have used it as a tool at one time or another it simply does not show any evidence from your pictures that it was "worked" into that shape. In fact you should count your blessing that is only a rock and not a Native American artifact. Federal law prohibits the removal of such artifacts and it is a big time offense. The last folks prosecuted in the Chattahochee National forest for a "few arrowheads" spent 18 months in Federal Prison. Just keep in mind that the BWCA is in the Superior National Forest and the Feds don't take kindly to this kind of stuff, they prosecute.
I know it is tempting to take things home but for me it is not worth the risk or the fact that someone else may not get to see what I saw.
BTW all cave formations as well are protected by State and Federal law.

wolfmancometh

04/15/2009 05:58PM
Mama moose taking care of all the "small things" - she really guided that little guy from the west bank of Polly to the east bank - with extreme efficiency. She made sure he got on the shore safely and off they went. Beautiful day - great experience. July of 2008.

Navigator

04/15/2009 04:01PM
Small flies on the lilly

dnmk15

04/15/2009 03:50PM

knothead180

04/14/2009 09:10PM
Some of my favorite small things.

Freeleo1

04/14/2009 04:54PM
Knife Lake
Could have been composed better, but I thought it was pretty.

lmislinski

04/14/2009 04:51PM
Taken on the 420r portage from Missing Link to Tuscarora in July '08.

Traveler

04/13/2009 07:03PM
Thanks for the tips. I will proceed to get educated!

04/12/2009 06:11PM
Lake 3, 2008. I am ashamed to admit I do not know what kind of tree this is. Fir? Spruce?

Jimi

04/12/2009 11:37AM Pine sap macro taken on Shell Lake.

TomT

04/12/2009 11:32AM

I'm sure this will upset the purists but I found this in the shallow narrows at the back of "the Rock" on Insula Lake in 2006. The water levels were 2-3 feet low during a drought and I happened to see it laying mong other rocks where it normally would have been underwater.

I think it was used as a knife but a spear point is not out of the question.
This is the other side.

Boppa

04/12/2009 07:43AM

A Korb River beauty, late August 2007

BigZig

04/11/2009 08:53PM
The Winter Bug near Ramshead Lake Feb 2009

dalet

04/11/2009 05:21PM
Ranger Bay Sept 08

Toopoopedtopaddle

04/11/2009 04:35PM
Very nice, Silentbeard. Y'got my vote (fwiw).

ktoivola

04/11/2009 02:21PM
Granite Butterfly

Crooked July 4,08

silentbeard

04/11/2009 12:21PM

Iced Sugar Maple leaf on Brule.

mr.barley

04/11/2009 11:33AM
linnaea borealis....with a very small insect on it.

muskrat

04/11/2009 11:08AM
Dragonfly on Kevlar

woodpecker

04/11/2009 07:45AM Chow time for this little guy.... Disappointment 2007

Woodpecker

Toopoopedtopaddle

04/10/2009 09:33PM
Early morning paddle on the Oyster River, June 2008.

04/10/2009 06:21AM
This is a Coral fungus, this photo was taken on the curtain falls portage.

Kiporby

04/09/2009 10:03PM

Journeyman

04/09/2009 09:34PM
Pintsize Pinecone Thief

Jiimaan

04/09/2009 08:53PM
Blueberries on Lake Three

L.T.sully

04/09/2009 08:00PM
Snake Skin lake insula 2006.

snakecharmer

04/09/2009 07:40PM
Unwelcome guest ~ Jordan Lake

fishguts

04/09/2009 05:33PM
Butterfly on Suzanette campsite, 2008

kanoes

04/09/2009 05:00PM october, 2008

adam

04/09/2009 04:55PM
It is time to start the April 2009 Photo Contest.

The theme for this month's contest is "All the Small Things".

Monthly Category: All the Small Things

This is a contest to see your macro-photography of small things you see you in canoe country.

There is again a special reward for this months contests. Along with winning a hat, Wilderness Passages Magazine, created by long time member QPassage, is giving a free copy of their great magazine and a 2 1/2 hour DVD of Quetico footage to the winner of the photo contest and trip report contest. For more information about Wilderness Passages, you can visit their website at WildernessPassages.com

Remember 1 entry per person please. This helps us vote accurately.

Rules:
- You must be signed in as a member with a valid email address in your profile to enter (or win).

- You can only enter one photo per monthly contest. You can enter the same photo if it did not win in a previous month.

- You must be the photographer of the photo.

- Photos are entered in the contest by making a reply posting to this message and using the "Add a photo to this message" link during composition. This will allow you to upload a photo from your computer to the contest or allow you to select a photo which you have already loaded into your photo gallery on this site. If you want to enter your photo in another way, please contact us.

- Please describe in the message where the picture is from.

- Judging will be done by the www.bwca.com staff and moderators.

- A member may win once per year.

- Photos must be posted to this message by 11:59pm on April 30th.

- Photos must be in jpg or gif format to be uploaded to the site.

Contact me if you have something in a different format or are having problems uploading to the site.